Q: I saw an article that said cell phones are a cause of colony collapse disorder in honeybees. That is hard to believe. Do you have any information on that?
A: It is my contention that the main cause of colony collapse disorder in honeybees is from pesticides. Another reason for the population decline in honeybees is believed to be electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from cell phones and wireless towers. According to an article published in the Times of India, a study in Kerala found that cell phone towers caused a rapid decline in their honeybee population and that they could cause a complete collapse of the bee population in 10 years. Dr. Sainuddin Pattazhy, who conducted the study, concluded that the electromagnetic waves from the towers shorted out the navigational abilities of the worker bees so they couldn't find their way back to their hive after collecting pollen.
A study conducted at Landau University in Germany showed that when cell phones were placed near hives, the bees wouldn't return to them. Scientists believe the radiation generated by the cell phones was enough to interfere with the bees' communication system, which are movement patterns, with their hives.
I doubted the contention that cell phones were detrimental to bees when I first heard it. But studies have shown that the electromagnetic fields have an impact on other species as well, including migratory birds that lose their orientation in the radiation.
If the electromagnetic radiation can affect birds, then there is no doubt in my mind it can affect insects as well, including honeybees. We also need to be concerned about our own species. At one time we were convinced that cigarette smoking was harmless. We were wrong with cigarettes, and we need to look carefully at electromagnetic radiation.
Showing posts with label Electromagnetic frequency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electromagnetic frequency. Show all posts
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Cell Phones for class lessons
Cell phones for class lessons
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Pleas read the article, below, entitled: "Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons" and call your child's school right away. Ask them to enforce a policy of prohibiting the use cell phone and other electronic devices in their schools as the French Senate just ruled to protect students attending French state schools. Teachers who direct students to use cell phones in the classroom as a learning tool are perhaps unwittingly falling prey to the cell phone industry mantra that "there is no credible scientific evidence to show there is harm." There is a growing body of scientific evidence and concern among neurosurgeons and other health practitioners that the radiation from cell phones can cause health problems.
In fact, scientific evidence is mounting that there is an association between long term cell phone use and head and neck tumors - brain, ear, eye, salivary gland tumors, both malignant and non-malignant can result. The numbers are small because it takes many years for tumors to form and the U.S. population has only in the past 6 years become habituated to routine use of these devices.
Expert Scientists in the Scandinavian countries and elsewhere, where cell phones have been popular for a longer time. have done studies showing links between cell phone use and brain cancers and nonmalignant tumors on the nerve in the inner ear. Medical doctors are reporting increased rates of brain cancer among their youngest patients, even during their first year of life. Scientists are deeply concerned about the potential impact on this next generation of young people, many of who are early adaptors and regular users, even at age 8! Due to smaller head size and thinner skull bones, children's brains and absorb more radiofrequency radiation from cell phones than adult brains do. Young brains are developing into early 20s. Students health can be affected by radiation in the classroom, affecting memory ,concentration and causing depression and can result in iinfertility, neurological problems and other serious health conditions. Scientists warn that these early adaptors are 5 times more likely to develop a brain tumor by the time they turn age 30.
Society should support education to prepare their young for long, healthy and productive lives. We need good teachers to interact with students and guide them in learning how to read, write, develop critical thinking and other skills to be all they can be. Electronic devices are distracting, time-wasting and have limited value in the classroom as a teaching tool. Training students to become habitual users of cell phones in class seems like a low priority. Remember the cigarette ads? Now, we know smoking is not so cool. Are cell phones the new cigarettes?
for more information, I refer you to the International commission for Electromagnetic Safety, www.icems.eu. and to the Environmental Health Trust, Inc. www.environmentalhealthtrust.org. There you will find scientific information, resolutions and media presentations on the state of the science on electromagnetic fields issued by prominent scientists and medical doctors. You can view a TV interview Dr. Oz did with Dr. Devra Davis in mid-November 2009 on cell phones and health, especially the possible health effects on children by going to www.evironmentalhealthtrust.org. and scrolling down to "cell phones." Simple safety advice: don't let children use cell phones, don't hold it by your head, text instead, turn it off when not in use and, keep your land lines.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Kelley
Managing Secretariat
International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety
info@icems.eu
Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Associated Press Writer
Associated Press Writer
November 27, 2009
Cell phones, the subject of tugs of war between parents, teachers and students across the nation, are taking on a new role in the classroom: learning tool.
Tech savvy teachers are asking students to use their phones to record foreign language assignments, take photographs for projects and do mini-Internet searches if they have a Web browser.
That's a stark contrast to the emphasis that has been placed on prohibiting their use, often out of fear students will cheat or take inappropriate pictures then passed on to friends.
A majority of teens have a cell phone today, and with many schools unable to afford a computer for every student, teachers are starting to see them as a helpful learning device instead.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Professor warns of cellphone health hazards
Updated Wed. May. 27 2009 10:24 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A Columbia University professor is warning the public about the negative health effects of man-made electromagnetic fields, which come out of cellphones and power lines.
Dr. Martin Blank, a professor with the school's Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, compared the EMF waves to the ripples caused by dropping a pebble into a quiescent pond.
"The water doesn't move, it just carries the energy further and further out," Blank told CTV's Canada AM Wednesday.
"It's the same thing about these waves. These waves are generated in all kinds of charges that are present anywhere.
"When you get an electromagnetic field that's coming out of a power line, or it's coming out of a cellphone antenna or a cellphone tower it's going to do things to the molecules in our body."
Blank says EMFs in the environment may lead to brain tumours, Alzheimer's disease, dementia and breast cancer.
Blank, who is speaking in Toronto Wednesday on behalf of the BioInitiative Working Group, said past research has focused too much on the thermal effects of man-made EMFs.
"The heat is what everyone has focused on largely because that was an easy thing to measure," he said.
However, Blank said researchers are now able to measure biochemical changes.
"The biochemical changes occur long before there are changes in temperature," he said.
"That's why people who have focused on the thermal effects, which is the measure of the heat, have gotten the wrong answer."
He said researchers have concluded that there is no real harm because they haven't found any changes in temperature.
"That's not true, there's a lot of change going on there," Blank said.
"One of the changes we've found is the stress response. The cells themselves are telling us that they're in trouble."
In the "language of the cells," they start to make new proteins that they haven't made before and that they only make when they're in trouble.
"These stress proteins are made with all these different electromagnetic fields (EMF)," he said.
"They're made with power line EMFs, they're made with cellphone EMFs and there a clear indication that the cell senses this stuff as potentially harmful."
"The water doesn't move, it just carries the energy further and further out," Blank told CTV's Canada AM Wednesday.
"It's the same thing about these waves. These waves are generated in all kinds of charges that are present anywhere.
"When you get an electromagnetic field that's coming out of a power line, or it's coming out of a cellphone antenna or a cellphone tower it's going to do things to the molecules in our body."
Blank says EMFs in the environment may lead to brain tumours, Alzheimer's disease, dementia and breast cancer.
Blank, who is speaking in Toronto Wednesday on behalf of the BioInitiative Working Group, said past research has focused too much on the thermal effects of man-made EMFs.
"The heat is what everyone has focused on largely because that was an easy thing to measure," he said.
However, Blank said researchers are now able to measure biochemical changes.
"The biochemical changes occur long before there are changes in temperature," he said.
"That's why people who have focused on the thermal effects, which is the measure of the heat, have gotten the wrong answer."
He said researchers have concluded that there is no real harm because they haven't found any changes in temperature.
"That's not true, there's a lot of change going on there," Blank said.
"One of the changes we've found is the stress response. The cells themselves are telling us that they're in trouble."
In the "language of the cells," they start to make new proteins that they haven't made before and that they only make when they're in trouble.
"These stress proteins are made with all these different electromagnetic fields (EMF)," he said.
"They're made with power line EMFs, they're made with cellphone EMFs and there a clear indication that the cell senses this stuff as potentially harmful."
Au Revoir. Cell phones banned from French elementary schools
France is shutting down cell phone use in its elementary schools, due to health concerns. The government ban comes after a study on mobile phone use and wi-fi radiation.
Currently cell phone use is permitted on elementary school grounds, but not in classrooms.
The new mandate will shut down their useage completely. Under the measure, companies will also be required to supply phones that only work with a headset, in order to reduce exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
Some groups accuse the French government of not going far enough to protect children's health, and are pushing for new laws prohibiting all children 14 and under from using mobile phones.
They also want greater regulation on where cell phone towers can be placed.
© 2009 NBCThursday, May 14, 2009
America's Addiction To Cell Phones Unsafe
Cell phone use has become an addiction in this country, and the results haven't been good.
Even the President found his nicotine habit was easier to kick than his cell phone addiction. President Obama was unwilling to relinquish his BlackBerry after being elected, immediately commissioning a top-secret model to be designed just for him.
But not cellular use has been good natured. Cell phones have helped contribute to much worse than tasteless text messages. Teenage "sexting" has increased, mass transit accidents and car crashes have occurred, prison violence has increased and a witness was assassinated before trial by order of an inmate with a cell phone.
Even the President found his nicotine habit was easier to kick than his cell phone addiction. President Obama was unwilling to relinquish his BlackBerry after being elected, immediately commissioning a top-secret model to be designed just for him.
But not cellular use has been good natured. Cell phones have helped contribute to much worse than tasteless text messages. Teenage "sexting" has increased, mass transit accidents and car crashes have occurred, prison violence has increased and a witness was assassinated before trial by order of an inmate with a cell phone.
New 740 AM - Zoomer Radio interview Dr. Magda Havas
Magda Havas is going to be interviewed for 20 minutes on the Dale
Goldhawk Radio show in Toronto "the New 740 AM - Zoomer Radio"
between 12:10 and 12:30 pm (EST) on Thursday May 14th. It is going
to have a call-in section so some people may want to share their
experiences with EHS and CFLs. I don't have the number but they will
announce it on air.
Here is their website.
http://www.am740.ca/site/schedule-index.cfm?documentid=1017
People can listen online if they want. Go to their main site
www.am740.ca and "click to listen"
Goldhawk Radio show in Toronto "the New 740 AM - Zoomer Radio"
between 12:10 and 12:30 pm (EST) on Thursday May 14th. It is going
to have a call-in section so some people may want to share their
experiences with EHS and CFLs. I don't have the number but they will
announce it on air.
Here is their website.
http://www.am740.ca/site/schedule-index.cfm?documentid=1017
People can listen online if they want. Go to their main site
www.am740.ca and "click to listen"
Friday, May 8, 2009
The Birds, the Bees and Electromagnetic Pollution, by Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy, May 2009
Animals use their cryptochrome pigments for both magnetic and solar navigation. They also control the activity of the immune system. Weak electromagnetic fields can affect all of these functions with disastrous consequences.
http://www.mastsanity.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=269&Itemid=136
http://www.mastsanity.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=269&Itemid=136
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Join the Class Action Suit Against CLEAR WI-MAX. Technology Threatens Health of Everyone
| Could Dow Chemical set up a plant in downtown Portland? Well, Wi-Max technology is wi fi on steroids that will blast every portlander in our homes whether we subscribe to it or not and this technology is at least 3x's as harsh as the average cell tower. They must be stopped or the genetic integrity of our children may be at risk. Thousands of studies worldwide (not one ongoing study in the u.s.!!) confirm that this unregulated technology poses a devastating health risk that some scientists predict will overtake tobacco and asbestos combined. Check out Bioinitiative Report and www.wirelesswatchblog.com |
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| If you would like to know more about this, write to  oregonskywatch@gmail.com and check out the site: www.wirelesswatchblog.com We are organizing a class action suit against the company and the Mayor and City Council for allowing this to be set up here. |
http://portland.indymedia.org:80/en/2009/04/390993.shtml
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Mechanisms linked to exposure to ElectroMagnetic Fields (EMFs)
This is an interesting chart showing the biological effects of EMFs.
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Mechanisms_Emf.php#1
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Mechanisms_Emf.php#1
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Birds, Bees And Mankind
Destroying Nature by "Electrosmog" : BEES, BIRDS AND MANKIND.
- Prof. Dr. med. Karl Hecht, Dr. med. Markus Kern, Prof. Dr. phil. Karl Richter, and Dr. med.
Hans-Christoph Scheiner abd and Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Buchner,Prof. Dr. med. Rainer
Frentzel-Beyme,Dr. rer. nat. Lebrecht von Klitzing, Prof. Dr. phil. Jochen Schmidt, Prof.
Dr. jur. Erich Schöndorf, Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Warnke, Prof. Dr. med. Guido Zimmer:
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/AbeillesBees.php#1
- Prof. Dr. med. Karl Hecht, Dr. med. Markus Kern, Prof. Dr. phil. Karl Richter, and Dr. med.
Hans-Christoph Scheiner abd and Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Buchner,Prof. Dr. med. Rainer
Frentzel-Beyme,Dr. rer. nat. Lebrecht von Klitzing, Prof. Dr. phil. Jochen Schmidt, Prof.
Dr. jur. Erich Schöndorf, Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Warnke, Prof. Dr. med. Guido Zimmer:
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/AbeillesBees.php#1
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Cell Phone Risks and great links
Scroll down past the first page and there are great links and references with regards to cell phone use and the effects of radio frequency radiation.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12721445/Cell-Phones-Risks
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12721445/Cell-Phones-Risks
Monday, February 23, 2009
Autism and Electromagnetic Radiation
A Possible Association Between Fetal/neonatal Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation and the Increased Incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorders http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/browse_thread/thread/d7aad7ace8d42cd1
Electromagnetic Health org.: Dr Thomas RAU Medical Director of Switzerland's Paracelsus Clinic Takes Stand on Hazards of Electromagnetic Pollution - ‘Electromagnetic Load' a Hidden Factor in Many Illnesses.
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/DoctorsAndEmfMedecinsEtCem.php#1
Lightbulbs Lasting 60 Years? No! CFLs e,mit dirty electricity - most LED lights do not:
http://www.osnews.com/thread?347098
Electromagnetic Health org.: Dr Thomas RAU Medical Director of Switzerland's Paracelsus Clinic Takes Stand on Hazards of Electromagnetic Pollution - ‘Electromagnetic Load' a Hidden Factor in Many Illnesses.
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/DoctorsAndEmfMedecinsEtCem.php#1
Lightbulbs Lasting 60 Years? No! CFLs e,mit dirty electricity - most LED lights do not:
http://www.osnews.com/thread?347098
Monday, June 16, 2008
Cell Phone hazards
| Cell Phone | 10-year study tracks health of 200,000 cell users |
| Cell Phone | |
| Cell Phones | Brain cancer and cell phones |
| Cell Phones | |
| Cell Phones | Mobile towers banned in school, hospital premises |
| Cell Phones | Now Half the World Has a Cell Phone -- Why That is a Brain Tumor Epidemic Waiting to Happen |
| Cell Phones | Your cellphone might not fry your brain, but... |
| | Hard to escape the silent antagonist http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1064165 |
| | Increasing Danger From Cell Phones |
| EHS | Electrosensitivity Grows in Relation to http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/63684 |
| EMF | Are electromagnetic fields harmful to health? http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=8712&codi=32967&idproducttype=8&level=0 |
| Health | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7452463.stm |
| Wi Fi | NM: Wi-Fi plan opposed by 'electrically sensitive' |
| WiFi | WiFi in Libraries Blamed for Health Maladies in http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3058/wifi-in-libraries-blamed-for-health-maladies-in-paris |
| WiFi | Wi-Fi worry |
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wi-Fi Warnings Worthy of Hearing
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Cell Phones Poisoning of America
| Cell Phones | http://www.mast-victims.org/index.php?content=news&action=view&type=newsitem&id=3082 |
| Cell Phones | The Cell Phone Poisoning Of http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/browse_thread/thread/2d3b9d9c0a07f2b9 |
| Cell Phones | Fresh fears over mobile phone risk to kids health |
| Cell Phones | Dump your cellphones, microwaves, TVs...; That's how to avoid cancer, stress http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023568 |
| Cell Phones | Hang up that cell phone! http://www.660news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20080511_102117_4240 |
| Cell Phones and Towers | The Courts are Delivering Blows Against Mobile Masts and http://www.noodlenak.com/the-courts-are-delivering-blows-against-mobile-masts-and-cell-towers.htm |
| Cell Phones and Towers | Put Masts on Hold |
| EHS | Another story of someone being severely harmed by wireless emissions and compact fluorescent bulbs. |
| EMF | Incubators may be linked to higher risk of cot death |
| EMF | Breast cancer cluster prompts nationwide study of all ABC studios |
| EMF | Delta residents make last-minute pitch to ditch overhead power lines http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=7574887c-d654-425b-8408-508b41d67d76 |
| WiFi | EarthLink shutting down Philadelphia Wi-Fi network http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/13/tech-wifi.html |
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Disappearing Bees: CCD and Electromagnetic Radiation
| | Bioeffects of microwave––a brief review |
| Cell Phones | Coltan, Cell Phones and Crisis in the |
Cell Phones | Residents to appeal decision on antenna http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080424-9999-1ez24wedge.html |
| Cell Phones | http://www.hebdos.net/lsc/edition182008/articles.asp?article_id=206529 |
| Cell Phones | Students in fight against phone mast http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/Students-in-fight-against-phone.4012614.jp |
| Cell Phones | The Enrico Grani Story: My Cell Phone Gave Me a Brain Tumor |
| Cell Phones/WiFi | The use of cell phones, wi-fis, etc., are rapidly increasing and serious health damage is rapidly increasing as a result http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/browse_thread/thread/f0baabce6201950f |
| Nature | Honey Bee Collapse Now Worse on West Coast http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1416&category=Environment |
Nature | Honey bee virus threatens nation's food supply, USDA says |
Nature | The Disappearing Bees: CCD and Electromagnetic Radiation http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/392060.html |
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Please Help - An emerging public health issue
Those of you who are concerned about radio frequency radiation, low frequency electromagnetic fields, dirty electricity or ground current in Canada and the possible health consequences can contact Roger Hillier, who is the Petitions Manage for the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.
The OAG is here to help us get Ministers in various Departments to respond to pressing concerns we all have about our health and environmental exposure to toxins (among other things). One email to Roger can make a difference. Share your story with him in a couple of paragraphs, ask specific Ministers to respond to your questions and lets see what happens.
He can be reached via email at: roger.hillier@oag-bvg.gc.ca
or by phone at: 1-888-761-5953 x 4664
Anyone in Canada who has concerns about cell phone towers, high voltage power lines, ground current, electro-sensitivity, compact fluorescent lights etc..
Apparently two petitions have been presented to the OAG (one is by Higgins and the other by Weatherall). However, there are a lot of you out there who have been frustrated with the answers you have received from Health Canada and other federal bodies.
Apparently two petitions have been presented to the OAG (one is by Higgins and the other by Weatherall). However, there are a lot of you out there who have been frustrated with the answers you have received from Health Canada and other federal bodies.
Please email Roger and tell him about your concerns. It will make his job easier and it will help the two petitions currently on file.
Thanks for helping,
p.s. Please forward this email to those in Canada who have a story to share, a question to ask or are just concerned about this emerging public health issue.
Blood Phones?
| Cell Phones | Blood Phones http://www.willthomasonline.net/willthomasonline/Blood_Phones.html |
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| Cell Phones | NIDHS Fact Sheet - EMFs In The Workplace |
| Cell Phone | Wireless Communication Vs. Health Worries http://www.pressdemocrat.com/EarlyEdition/article_view.cfm?recordID=9085&publishdate=04/13/2008 |
| EMF | EMF Link |
| RF / EMR | Global mobile radiation norms likely to be enforced |
| WiFi | Petitions Signed Against http://cbs5.com/localwire/22.0.html?type=bcn&item=WI-FI-PETITIONS |
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Reducing Electromagnetic Frequency Exposure May Improve Your Health
| Cell Phones | Reducing Electromagnetic Frequency Exposure May Improve Your Health http://www.naturalnews.com/022926.html |
| Cell Phones | At odds over Wi-Fi effects, former colleagues fume http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080324/NEWS/803240351/1033/NEWS&template=kart |
| Cell Phones | Cancer-Concerned Citizens Block Public Wireless Network |
| Cell Phones | Cellular towers near schools, colonies may be banned |
| Cell Phones | Mobile phones riskier than smoking http://foodconsumer.org/7777/8888/M_edicare_54/033112442008_Mobile_phones_riskier_than_smoking.shtml |
| Cell Phones | Mobiles may be death sentence http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/mobiles-may-be-death-sentence/1210628.html |
| Cell Phones | Snohomish Co. residents fighting new radio towers http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_033108WAB_radio_tower_fight_TP.1c5b7e6c.html |
| Health | Study raises questions about cell phones and infertility http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080401/LIFE11/804010347 |
| Nature | Are Microwaves Killing The Insects, Frogs, And Birds? http://www.coastalpost.com/08/04/3.html |
| WiFi | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/26/california-town-gets-cold-feet |
| WiFi | Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age |
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